After writing in my previous post about the ridiculous absurd time-wasting hassle of buying bags of stones, I thought I’d take a few photos of our backyard showing you, my gentle readers and curious lurkers, where the aforementioned hard-won stone is. I took the photos while standing on the deck above the yard and they show the stones + something unexpected.
This photo shows how the stones edge the planting bed creating a clear dividing line between mulch and grass. Not too exciting perhaps, but there is more, and unless you’re a Hard-hearted Hannah [the vamp of Savanah], you’re going to like it.
This photo gives you a better idea of the length and width of the stone edge dividing line. It also shows you something unexpected. Look closely in the middle of the photo, kids.
Do you see who’s lounging under a bush?
Yes, it’s a sweet little fawn whose mother has left it there, knowing it’d be safe and hidden from view from most predators. I could only see it because I was above on the deck looking down onto it [and Zen-Den pointed it out to me]. Now isn’t that dear?
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Happy Tuesday, everyone. May something dear, or deer, happen to you today!
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Alternate title for this post: The Tail We Have Here Is Something Quite Deer 🤓
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Oh what a sweet little fawn! Lucky you to have your newly decorated garden picked as a safe nursery for the little one. 💙 Love your landscaping style.
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Barbara, I felt honored that mom deer considered our yard a safe haven for fawns. It happens every so often and I always find it wonderful. Thanks for compliment on landscaping style. We work with what we have, you know?
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What an idyllic setting for this little guy to find refuge. No wonder Mom felt comfortable leaving him there.
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Suzanne, it is kind of idyllic back there in our yard. For deer, for humans with a drink in hand, for instance.
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Did you hear me say Awwww! The deer is sweet as are the landscaping efforts: scrubs and textured stone. Better Homes and Gardens page, for sure!
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Marian, I said the same thing when Z-D pointed out the fawn. So sweet and it was gone by sunset. Mom came back.
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How cool is that! Did you see mamma return?
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Frank, I didn’t see mom deer return, but by sundown the fawn was gone so I think she did. This happens around here in spring when the fawns are little.
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🙂
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Omg that made my day!!!
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LA, made mine, too. So sweet!
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I just showed my daughter!
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Yay!
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AWWWW! I love it. And thanks for updating the story by assuring us that mom came back. I get anxious about these things.
Your landscaping from ludicrous Lowe’s looks lovely.
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AutumnAshbough, yes the little fawn was gone by 9:00 p.m. I get anxious about this when it happens, too– so I kept surreptitiously checking on the fawn who just snoozed. Thanks for the compliment about the landscaping. It’s slowly coming along, despite Lowe’s.
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Ah! How sweet! I guess that the little deers approve of your new design!
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Dorothy, tee-hee! Well said. I agree with your dear comment.
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🦌
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Nice deer, my dear.
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Well, it was a dear deer, and now I’ll stop. Honey!
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Oooooh that is the sweetest. Or deerest! Beautiful garden, by the way! I love the styling of it.
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Nicole, yes is it was sweet and such a pleasant surprise. The sloping yard, garden, lower level terrace are what happens when you decide to carve a niche into the forest behind your house. Kind of nutty, kind of nice.
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Oh my! Way too cute 🦌
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popsiclesociety, I know! I thought this was cute, too.
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Awww that fawn was absolutely adorable. I cannot write anything else that is ‘Insightful’, I’m dumb. The world needs more humorous easy going people like you!
~Divi.
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Divi, I agree that the fawn is adorable. I was squeeing when I saw it and there I was with a camera! Thanks for commenting and I appreciate the compliment.
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We’ve had that happen about 5 times, including our previous home. Here, they picked the same spot two years in a row, atop our rock wall in the lily of the valley. And Memorial Day weekend both times. So be on the lookout next year!
They are adorable until they grow up to eat all your landscaping and charge you during rutting season in the fall.
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Bijoux, your little fawns were left in the same place! I’ve seen them left in a few different places around here, but I’ll heed your advice and check this bush next spring. Thanks for the heads up.
Yes, I know all about the destructive inclinations of deer. We don’t have any daylillies anymore because the deer wouldn’t leave them alone. I liked daylillies…
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Wow, Ally, a great deal of work with these stones, yet effective results. How beautiful and perfect to find the sweet little fawn feeling safe at your home. Yours truly and dearly, a gentle reader and curious lurker. ❤️
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Erica the Gentle Reader and Curious Lurker, you’re right it was work to get these stones + mulch where we wanted them, but worth it. I was tickled when I saw this little fawn under the bush. A good reward for our labors.
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Oh, how wonderfully sweet, and cute it is!! What a lovely surprise. The stones look pretty great too.
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Deborah, this little fawn was a good surprise. I don’t know if it’ll be back again, but I’m keeping my eye out. The stones worked out as planned, once we finally bought them. Thanks for noticing.
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You just made an otherwise awful start to my Tuesday much better! Thank you, Ms Bean.
🙂
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Laura, happy to help. It’s less me and more the little fawn, I suspect. That face!
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Awwww! Too bad it didn’t weed while it was down there – now I still have to go do that.
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Z-D, it did its part by being CUTE. Cute doesn’t need to do anything more than that, don’t ‘ya know?
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Da Mama probably comes back in the evening to take change of the little one – that seems to be how it works around here, NIce to be chosen as the fawn-sitter.
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Grace, I agree. As a fawn-sitter I take my responsibility seriously. I snap pics, I squee with joy, I am pleased to do my bit.
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That is just the sweetest thing! The fact that you created a lovely garden space? Good. The fact that you created a safe space for mommas to hide their fawns? Priceless!!!
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River, thank you! I was tickled when Z-D pointed out the little fawn. I feel like our gardening efforts have been worth it, now that we are a mom deer approved fawn haven.
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Your hard work paid off! Looks great and the sweet fawn makes it the perfect picture! Well Done!
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Ellen D, thanks! I was surprised to see the fawn, but it was so sweet that I could have spent all day staring at it. Instead I took a few pics.
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You made the yard so wonderful all the wildlife will come… So cute!
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Deb, while I’m all about wildlife like this little fawn, some of the wildlife we see back there doesn’t charm me. Raccoons for instance. HOWEVER this little guy wins the award for cute, cute, cute.
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Raccoons can be feisty for sure. Long ago we had baby opossums living in an arbor on the deck. They were cute, the parents were not.
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Yes possums aren’t the cutest, but I can understand how the babies would be. You can’t order the kind of wildlife you prefer, so you have to deal with whoever shows up, cute or not.
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So sweet! It enhances all your work.
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Kate, thank you. I hadn’t thought of it as an enhancement but you’re right. It’s almost decorative, but very much real.
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Better than a cement one!
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Yes indeed. Never understood the appeal of those.
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Very dear indeed Ally Bean – enough to warm the cockles of me heart. Your last post I read but did not comment, I think I was rendered speechless. The vantage point of this one is sublime –
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Susan, yes this little fawn is exactly the sort of sweet thing to make all our gardening efforts seem worth it. As for the previous story, what can I say… other than I was not *wrong*… about all of it.
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That mama deer picked the most beautiful safe spot to let her little sweet fawn rest. What a perfect moment in your yard. Love this so much.
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Robin, it was a delightful moment and I’m glad I caught it on camera. I certainly didn’t expect to be a fawn daycare center when we planted all these bushes, but now that we are I can roll with it.
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You created a baby deer nursery! how sweet is that.
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Jean, I know! I agree, it’s sweet and delightfully unexpected.
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“Mom told me to stay here, and that’s where I’m staying!” She picked a lovely spot to leave her little one – nice job on your garden. Thank you for the lovely wishes. 🙂
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Lynette, that’s exactly what the look on this fawn’s face said to me. It wasn’t worried about anything including a woman with a camera on the deck above. Didn’t expect to see it there, had to take pics.
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It looks beautiful! Such a sweet baby, still with its spots.
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Margaret, I know! The spots and color of its fur made it blend into nature. Made me smile.
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I wonder why we are so awed/delighted/surprised when large animals (even baby ones) enter into “our” spaces? But I know I am, every time. My parents live near a town where deer wander freely, and I still gasp a tiny bit every time we pass one in our car or one emerges from bushes.
And now I have to ask if you’ve watched any of Sweet Tooth (on Netflix)?
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Rita, you raise a good question because we are surprised when we see large animals out in nature being natural. We have adult deer around here and they’re often destructive, but as a baby they are darned sweet.
What is Sweet Tooth? I don’t know about it.
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Dystopian series about a time when humanity is ravaged by The Sick, a pandemic which descends upon us at the same time hybrids appear—humans with animal characteristics. The main character is a deer-boy whose father took him off into the woods as a baby, as the humans are not kind to the hybrids. Many of them, anyway. I’m about three episodes in. I suspect we’ll see more and more stories that feel covid-influenced.
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Wow. That’s quite a story going on in that TV show. I’ve never heard of it and I’m not sure it’d be my kind of show, but I can see why you thought of it. I, too, expect to see more covid-influenced series in the future. Not sure how I feel about that.
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It normally wouldn’t likely be mine, but (so far) it has a kind of sweetness not common to the genre. It is challenging for my husband and I to find things we both like to watch, and this is so-far good enough for both of us. We like to end our days with a hot beverage on the couch and an episode of something to talk about.
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I understand about trying to find a TV series that appeals to both husband and wife. It requires negotiation and detente and diplomacy. Been there, done that. We watch Midsomer Murders.
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Your yard looks great and the fawn is too cute for words…so thanks for using photos. 🙂 What fun to see that! Thanks for sharing it and putting a smile on my face this morning.
janet
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Janet, this little fawn is the epitome of sweetness. You’d have to be a hard person to not smile at it. Have a good Tuesday, ok?
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Such a pretty yard. That little fawn is so sweet. Looks just like Bambi.
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Ernie, thanks. The yard is coming along, year by year. The little fawn was a pleasant surprise and soooo photogenic. Bambi, indeed.
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Oh, how incredibly sweet and beautiful. That would have made my day and week! There is nothing quite so vulnerable looking as a tiny fawn. I’m so glad her mother came back for her.
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Nance, I’ll admit that this fawn has made my week. I’m happy that the mother felt comfortable leaving the fawn here and I’m pleased I got a few photos of it. Seems like a perfectly June thing to happen.
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This week, I’ve seen baby ducks, goslings, baby bunnies in the hood. In the past, I’ve seen baby raccoons, baby possums, and baby otters.
But no baby deer in our neck of the woods. Thanks for a fun post.
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Nancy, it’s baby time of year. I’m glad I could add to your list of babies in nature, even if this one was nowhere near you.
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Beautiful garden! And the addition of nature’s lawn ornament? Genius!
Deb
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Deb, would that I could say it was all planned, nature’s lawn ornament included, but I can’t. Just a happy moment of serendipity.
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Great minds think alike, Deb! That was exactly my thought too! 🙂
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I knew there was a reason I liked you two. It’s your great minds!
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Looks nice! I like the Adirondack chairs. We did that as well, except now I can’t get out of them because they’re too low for me to get out of easily…
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John, I can understand your difficulty getting out of the Adirondack chairs. They’re pretty, but low. Thinking on it I wonder why they aren’t made in two seat heights, low and high. I could go for a higher seat!
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I love all of this! Your little seating area is lovely and so is your deer friend. 🙂
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Thanks, Kari. The seating area is indestructible so it’s perfect for near the woods. Plus cute, especially with a fawn nearby.
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So beautiful and special!
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Rae Cod, thanks. It’s nice to see something so happy!
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That’s the perfect ending to your Lowe’s debacle. Good job and sooo sweet.
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Anna, I thought the same thing. I won’t go so far as to say ‘all’s well that ends well’ but the little fawn does soften the memory of Lowe’s.
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Wow, that is so cool. Love your backyard and I could easily picture myself sitting in one of those chairs with a glass of white zin and a good book. Thanks for giving me that mental calm.
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Janet, thanks. The backyard has been in progress for years now. The chairs were a good addition and stay out there year-round. Seeing the fawn was a treat, but sitting out there with a glass of wine would be a good treat, too. 🍷
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Oh, dear me! Yes! It’s as dear as can be.
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Anne, ha! Nicely said, I always knew you were a dear about deer.
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You commandeered the word.
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Feeling silly! 😉
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I’m joining you in feeling silly. It’s a perfect day for not being staid.
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I agree, my dear!
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This is so sweet and so adorable, it made my sad day a little brighter. I love how your garden is looking too, it’s beautiful!
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Martha, this little fawn instantly makes any day better. Thanks for the compliment on the garden. It’s been a long time in the making.
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How adorable!! Love “Bambi”! 🙂 ❤
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I know! Isn’t he the cutest? Such a pleasant surprise.
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Gotta love those kind of surprises!
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I agree 😊
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So adorable! I hope that Mama comes back for her little-one soon!
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Donna, by 9:00 p.m. the fawn was gone. Mom deer must have come back at some point but I missed the reunion. Still I got some sweet photos so that’s good too.
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Oh deer! (haha) That is the sweetest thing EVER. Oh my, all tucked away safe. I’m sure his mama doesn’t have a great idea of a bird’s eye view, so it must look like a wonderful spot down there. The rocks and garden are all lovely, too.
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Luanne, the little fawn was tucked away and like you suggested the mom would have no idea of bird’s eye views, so as far as she was concerned no on could see it. Kind of fun to find it.
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I’m so glad you did. It made my day.
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What a sweet discovery! And it made the decision to post about those new stones all the more worth it!
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Betsy, yes this little fawn turned a ho-hum post into something sweet. I was soooo surprised when I saw it by the bush. And so photogenic, too.
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Win-win. 🙂
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Yes, that’s it indeed.
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I hope my comment went through. I posted it once and it immediately said it was a duplicate. Weird unless of course WordPress had deja vu.
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WP has many amazing abilities, but deja vu isn’t one of them to my knowledge! Your comment went through I see it coming up in my list.
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I had it happen with Derrick’s blog, too, so I think it’s a new glitch. Haha, no, I guess WP wouldn’t let us know if it DID have deja vu!
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Oh goody gumdrop, a new WP glitch. I can hardly wait to see how it screws with me. Fortunately my expectations about how WP works are so low that I may not notice it.
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Bambi came for a nap. Nice, and the stones look nice. 🙂 The timing is kind of funny because this morning when I was returning from errands, a mid-sized deer was running and jumping right along the road. I slowed almost to a stop until s/he went back into the woods.
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Judy, and a nap Bambi did have! Deer near the road aren’t so charming as this little fawn. I’d do the same thing as you. Don’t want to hit a deer, bad for it and for your vehicle.
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Charming! My backyard is sooo sad. But with the drought I’m not even going to try.
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Jan, we’ve had drought years here, too. I didn’t try either. It would have been more wasteful to try than to just live with it.
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What a perfect spot (Har!) to relax and watch nature. Love the idea of edging with stones. They were worth the hassle.
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Laurie, the stones are going to help us keep the area from eroding away while looking pretty at the same time. The fawn certainly looks like he belongs near them. I agree, the hassle was worth it.
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The area turned out so well, kudos to the design and the hard work. While the deer is cute I’m not as excited as most readers as I find they aren’t landscape friendly.
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BernieLynne, I realize that once this little bugger grows up he or she will be eating everything in sight, so I take your point. But when I saw it under the bush I squeed with delight. So cute, those colors, those eyes. I’m a sucker, what can I say?
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They are cute – I’d wager every darn baby animal is cute! We never see them close to our place – no momma would think it was a safe place with 2 dogs.
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Oh if we had dogs no way would mom deer leave her fawn here. You’re right about that.
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So, so cute! Your rocks look great and, obviously, mama thought it was the perfect day care center for her precious little one.
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Janis, ha! Yes I’m running a fawn day care center here now. In fact when we bought all those bags of stones, that’s what I had in mind. 😉
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I hope you won’t thinking I’m fawning over you and your temporary resident when I say that’s one of the cutest photos I’ve seen. We occasionally see a deer around here, but I’ve never seen a fawn. I suspect the mamas choose different areas than our landscaped-to-a-fare-thee-well neighborhood!
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shoreacres, thank you. My model was photogenic and cooperative so a good photo was guaranteed. I don’t know what kind of landscaping a mother deer prefers, but this isn’t the first time we’ve had this happen here. Not often, but when you live adjacent to a wooded ravine the deer tend to find you. And drop the little ones off for a few hours.
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What a wonderful sitting area in your yard! And the fawn is/was such a very sweet addition!
We noticed a baby rabbit hiding in the grass last week (he/she looked terrified) – we left it alone; Googled it and learned that animal mamas will leave their babies in what they deem to be a safe place and come back to get them – which the mama rabbit did – and it sounds like the mama deer did too. What an honor to be chosen as a safe place for the baby!
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Gigi Rambles, we like the sitting area. It’s fun to be next to the forest without being in the forest. Fewer pests. I’ve read the same thing about deer mothers. They leave their babies somewhere safe then go forage for food. I didn’t know that rabbits did that, too. Interesting.
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That is a very sweet fawn! Of all the critters that visited us in Shell, deer were probably the least common. I saw a big buck in the back yard once, but never a sweet little fawn like that. Up here we have squirrels and bunnies – and the occasional hawk who I am sure is just resting in my tree, not hanging out for squirrels and bunnies. Thanks for posting this! Made my day.
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Zazzy, we have our share of squirrels and rabbits, but we also have deer. They can be pests eating everything in sight, but when they are babies they are adorable. This one in particular is a cutie pie.
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What a cutie!! I haven’t seen very many fawns this year (which is rare) so I’m glad you shared your visitor!!
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Katie, some years we don’t see fawns, then other years they’re around. Don’t know why, but at least I got a pic of this little one.
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I couldn’t let this day pass without telling you, Ally, that this gave me the biggest smile! I looked and looked carefully to find what I was not seeing because I was paying attention to the wonderful design of the rocks with such a lovely seating area. When the photo uncovered the surprise I just had to go back to the previous photo!! Fun post!!! And what a beautiful moment to capture in life. I feel all the pleasure with you today! I remember hoping that you would post a photo off the rock design. You out did anything that I could have imagined & with that wit with words. Same pleasures I had seeing the baby chicks and learning to fly. I’m still grinning from ear to ear…
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TD, I’m glad that you liked this post. It was fun to write. The sequence of events that precipitated this post were weird, but the photos of the fawn are delightful. Thanks for your compliments about the landscaping design, when I wrote the previous post I intended on showing some of the final results but had no idea I’d end up with such a cute model. Occasionally we get fawns around here but rarely do I get the opportunity to photograph them. Thanks for the lovely comment.
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That fawn is so precious. That’s a great picture. The stones attractive.
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Dan, I had a cooperative model with that fawn so its photo came out great. The stones solve a problem so I like them.
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Deer, indeed. How sweet! The landscaping is divine, but even more special with the fawn ornament.
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Eilene, you win the prize for the best comment of the day. Yes, he was a fawn ornament. Very clever. 😁
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Sweet baby. What a beautiful space you have created.
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Sarah, that little fawn’s face is sweetness. Thanks for the compliment about the landscaping. It’s been a project for years.
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Be still my heart. This is SO darn precious. Thank you for sharing the sweetness. I don’t think you’re on FB, but I follow a group called A View From My Window. It started during Covid with people sharing the views outside their door/window, and lately people have been sharing pictures like yours with the baby deer. I suppose it’s the ‘season’ but I don’t know that there is anything cuter those babies.
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Suz, I rarely see fawns this small. Usually they’re bigger and trotting along behind mom so this guy was special. I’m not on FB but it sounds like an interesting group. There’s always some view out the window. Clever idea
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That is so very cute. A little bambi. How privileged are you that the Mama deer had chosen your pretty garden to leave her bub!
The garden chairs look so pretty with the stone edging. A restful place for a cuppa.
Coincidentally, we have had our own stone-laying DIY project but sadly, no fawn here.
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Amanda, I do feel privileged to be where mom deer left her fawn. It’s mellow around here and we have no pets so the biggest predators would be the squirrels [who could care less about deer]. Good luck with your stone project. It was heavy work to move stone, but now that it’s there… joy!
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Feeling it in my lower back a little today from moving heavy stone pavers. It will pass. I am glad the fawn has no predators.
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Me too. Around here most deer die of old age or from being hit by a vehicle. Our backyard is a ravine with a creek so they’re safe down there. Hoping your back is feeling better now.
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Yes, all good now, Ally.
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OMG! You found Bambi! So very very cute. PS. your yard and stone looks nice too!
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Joni, we did find Bambi. By accident obviously. Thanks for the compliment about the yard and stone. We keep trying.
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Isn’t that a sweet little fawn! It looks comfortable in your yard. Your landscaping is lovely. The rocks make a good border.
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Nicki, this little fawn made my day. Didn’t set out to create a baby deer day care center, but perhaps in our garden we did!
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That IS very dear, and your yard and landscaping are beautiful. I wish we Midwesterners had more months to enjoy it.
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The Travel Architect, you said it about enjoying. We put many hours into making the yard look good, then *boom* the growing weather is over. And there we are back inside the house.
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It’s depressing.
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Yep.
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I would love to see this Ally – how sweet is this baby curled up in your garden. I’ve gone to Lake Erie Metropark, a 30-mile round trip, hoping to see a fawn and/or deer family and you just discovered one in your garden. I am off to the Riverearly this morning to look for fishflies … talk about an eye candy downgrade. 🙂
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Linda, this little fawn was so hidden that I’d have missed it if it weren’t for Z-D’s sharp eye. We have deer around here, but usually they’re more mature than this baby. I take your point about eye candy downgrade, but I bet you’ll have a good time anyhow.
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That fawn looked perfect Ally – almost like an ornament curled up there. I was excited to see two or three fawn at Lake Erie Metropark a few years ago. They were near a swamp with their mom but it was full of mosquitoes and I got a few shots and that was it. It was too buggy and West Nile virus was prevalent, so not taking any chances. I had some baby goings-on of my own right after I commented to you. About 7:00 a.m. I opened the front door to put some peanuts out for the squirrel and a robin nearly dive-bombed me. It was making a nest in my coach lamp “elbow” and since I got the mail yesterday, it had quite the nest going on – no mud yet to pack it in yet though. For years I battled robins and their nests and tore them down and put newspaper in a bag up in the bend. It looked terrible, but they finally got the message. The lamp is over my mailbox and I’d get mud and poop splats and dried grass all over and it was so wide I couldn’t open the front door. They are welcome to build anywhere else, but not there. So before I left for the River, I put a paper towel roll (1/4 paper left on the roll) and blocked the entrance. No entry in “House Beautiful” for me for awhile.
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Robin nests are messy, you said it. We don’t get them near the house, but I see the nests in the trees. I like your paper towel roll block tactic. Very clever. Nature is a delight until it isn’t. 😉
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Very true and they have not given up yet because I was walking up the driveway and saw a robin with a mouthful of dry grass attempt to land. Tomorrow is an all-day rain and expected high winds so that may destroy my set-up. With my luck, they’ll start another nest when it stops raining.
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Any day that involves a deer sighting is guaranteed to make my heart glow. I have never seen such a tiny fawn and that would just make me all squishy inside ❤️
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Joanne, I squeed when I saw it. So little, so cute, so innocent. It’ll grow up to eat my flowers, but at this size I love it.
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I might feel differently about deer if they ate my flowers … but I think I’d be more concerned if they use my yard as a latrine – like the pair of ducks that have adopted our backyard as a summer resort 😕
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Ducks are messy. I’m sorry about your current guests.
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Oh that is absolutely adorable – what a great sight to see in your backyard. Our new place isn’t conducive to such sightings sadly – I do miss that joy. Oh & your garden looks just lovely.
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Deb, yes this little fawn is adorable. It was just minding its own baby deer business under the bush. Mom deer picked a good spot for it. Such a surprise for us.
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Based on the title, I was hoping a deer would be involved somehow. And it was! Yay!! I needed that sweet photo.
How lovely your yard looks.
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L. Marie, the little fawn was sweetness and was so relaxed under that bush. I’m glad that Z-D noticed him. Thanks for the compliment about the yard. It’s an ongoing project that after years looks pretty good, if I do say so myself.
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How sweet! I’d love to find a fawn in my back yard. But with our dog Finn on constant patrol, it’s probably never going to happen.
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Ann, yes Finn would have made sure that this wouldn’t happen in your yard. But we are dog-free and apparently a good place to drop off your fawn for day care.
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So adorable!
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I know!
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Ally,
What an extraordinarily wonderful addition to your garden. Thanks for sharing. What are you going to name this little one. What a cutie patootie! Mona
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Mona, this little guy has come and gone now. He was so innocent and relaxed under the bush. It was fun to find him where and when I did.
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Oh my goodness!! I needed this today!! what a beautiful animal. I have only seen a baby once and unfortunately it was running across a busy street.
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Pam, I’d have missed this little fawn if Z-D hadn’t pointed it out to me. The mother deer did a good job of hiding her fawn. I’d hate to see a fawn running across a busy street. I’d be so scared for it.
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What a pretty garden! If I were a fawn, I would shelter in place at your house, Ally!
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Crystal, well said! I was surprised to see it hanging out where it was, but pleased too. Talk about a good model for photos.
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Ally Bean, we usually curse the constant deer in our backyard. But if a fawn were to make an appearance, that’d be a different story entirely! Doubtful, given our chain link fence.
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Swinged Cat, grown deer are a menace to flowers which irritates me. BUT this little fawn was so sweet that I couldn’t get upset. Once it grows though…
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Your garden looks lovely! All ready for the summer. The deer obviously approve!
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Ju-Lyn, thank you! You’re right, the deer do seem to like our backyard. And at this size the deer are cute.
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So many cuties do damage to gardens … I’m thinking particularly of rabbits ….
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Yes, we have them too. Little buggers…
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This post was a huge hit — my wife loved it. Well, after all that craziness in buying the stones and supplies, at least you were rewarded with something so sweet. The garden looks great, btw! – Marty
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Marty, I had to post these photos. I was surprised to see that little fawn who was about as relaxed as can be. The process of shopping at Lowe’s was a story for the ages, but like you said, this fawn was a lovely reward.
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oh dear, that is dear!
thanks for the smile today
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Yvette, glad you liked. Happy weekend!
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and the rocks look GREAT
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How precious. I bet seeing the fawn made your day. And your garden is beautiful. Thanks for sharing these photos, Ally.
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Christie, you’re right, the little fawn made my day. I did worry about him though and kept checking surreptitiously to make sure mom deer came back for him. She did.
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Darling! I know they are very good at sitting still and waiting for mom to come back. ZD has good eyes!
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J., this little guy had no problem hanging out under the bush, looking cute. And the way he blends into the surroundings is amazing.
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Ally, The fawn looks perfect and healthy. How wonderful that you have it in your beautiful garden. Last time I saw one IRL was in a national park.
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Natalie, we are fortunate to have seen this little fawn in our backyard. It was unexpected fun. We get deer here, but rarely do I see any this small.
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We had several muntjac deer wander into our garden during the lockdown last year. I guess with the streets being deserted, they got a little more confident, and started exploring the town. The cats were pretty curious, and the deer didn’t seem to be afraid of the cats at all.
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Jonathan, that’s cool. Deer are fascinating except when they’re eating our plants. I wonder what the deer thought of your town. Obviously the cats were of no concern to them.
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Your back yard looks amazing. I can imagine maybe you enjoy sitting on those garden seats connecting with others whilst enjoying the nature 🙂 Looks a lovely part of the garden to make a pot of tea and have a chat.
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Katy, that’s exactly what those seats are all about. They’re comfortable and lend themselves to conversations and libations, sometimes tea, sometimes something stronger.
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Hi. How often do you see deer in your neighborhood?
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Neil, almost daily. But usually they’re fully grown and are hanging out near the forest behind the houses. This one was unique and sweet.
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Oh, so precious! But don’t dears eat your plants? Also loved seeing your backyard. So green and summery. Here it is more gray and wet.
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Yes, the grown deer eat many of our plants. We have to choose wisely when we plant anything. But as a baby, deer are so sweet.
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